Career Statistics

Rankings History

Career-High Singles Ranking: 9 (February 18, 2020) 
Career-High Doubles Ranking: 14 (March 30, 2021; with Zeke Clark) 

Collegiate Honors 

• 2020 ITA Singles All-American
• 2020 First Team All-Big Ten (Unanimous Selection)
• 2019 NCAA Singles Championship Qualifier
• 2019 Academic All-Big Ten
• 2018 ITA All-American Singles Semifinalist
• Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/13/18, 3/6/18, 3/13/18) 
• 2018 Player to Watch* 
• 2017-19 First-Team All-Big Ten 

*team award 

2021-22 Graduate Student

• Clinched Illinois's Big Ten wins over Penn State and Indiana
• Finished his Illinois career with 76 singles wins and 66 doubles wins
• Went 14-11 in doubles on the season

2020-21 Redshirt Junior

• Clinched Illinois' 4-0 victory over Notre Dame in second round of the NCAA Tournament (5/7)
• 6-4,6-4 win over Patrick Maloney gave Illinois a 2-1 lead over Michigan in Big Ten Tournament semifinals
• Went 8-3 at No. 1 doubles and 3-0 at No. 2 doubles with partner Zeke Clark

2019-20 Junior

• Reached the semifinals of the JSM Challenger at Atkins Tennis Center
• Became the 21st Illini to earn All-America honors
• Reached the semifinals of the Oracle ITA Masters
• Was undefeated in Big Ten play
• Was 3-0 in the No. 1 singles position

2018-19 Sophomore

• Clinched four Illini match victories this season - vs. Tulane's No. 63 Ewan Moore (ITA Indoor Championships - Feb. 17), vs. UCF's Alan Rubio (March 22), Penn State's Christian Lakoseljac (Big Ten Semifinals - Apr. 27), and Western Michigan's Kennosuke Nouchi (NCAA First Round - May 3)
• As of May 21, has a 15-11 dual match singles record with six ranked wins in 2019 - Ewan Moore (Tulane), Penn State's Christian Lakoseljac (twice), Stefan Milicevic (Minnesota), John McNally (Ohio State), and Ryo Matsumura (Kentucky)
• Clinched four doubles points this season - vs. Purdue (March 24), vs. Nebraska (March 30), vs. Iowa (March 31), and at Michigan (Apr. 7).
• As of May 7, has a 12-9 dual match doubles record with five ranked wins in 2019 - Robert Loeb / Jan Zielinski (Georgia), Simen Bratholm / Nick Brookes (Northwestern), Penn State's Constant De La Bassetiere / Gabriel Nemeth (twice), and Yuta Kikuchi / Jacob Brumm (California)

2017-18  Freshman

• Earned three B1G weekly honors and was the first conference freshman to garner three Big Ten Athlete of the Week awards since Jared Hiltzik in 2013 
• Clinched a team-best 10 doubles points with fellow-freshman Caleb Chakravarthi 
• Went on a nine-match singles winning streak 
• Clinched five Illini match victories 
• Earned two ranked doubles wins with Caleb Chakravarthi during the NCAA Tournament against Vandy's No. 11 Klinger and Lowe and TCU's No. 6 Nunez and Rybakov 

Junior Tennis | High School

• Top-5 finish in the 2016 USTA 18s
• 2016 Tulsa Futures Singles Title

Personal

• Born on May 2, 1999 
• Parents are Alan and Kim Brown 
• Has one brother, Drew
• Hobbies outside of tennis include: player other sports and eating 
• Favorite athlete: Usain Bolt 
• Biggest thrill in sports: winning 
• Chose Illinois because: "I really like the combination or coaches and players. I felt like Illinois would have a great team atmosphere."